History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

precept respecting fires on the Sabbath was given,
it was not cause of suffering, as they were two
hundred miles south of Jerusalem, in the warm
climate of Arabia.
4. That this precept was of a temporary
character, is further applied in that while other laws
are said to be perpetual statutes and precepts to be
kept after they should enter the land, (Ex. 29:9;
31:16; Lev. 3:17; 24:9; Num. 19:21; Deut. 5:31;
6:1; 7)[5] no hint of this kind here appears. On the
contrary, this seems to be similar in character to the
precept respecting the manna, (Ex. 16:23) and to be
co-existent with, and adapted to, it.
5. If the prohibition respecting fires did indeed
pertain to the Promised Land, and not merely to the
wilderness, it would every few years conflict
directly with the law of the Passover. For the
Passover was to be roasted by each family of the
children of Israel on the evening following the
fourteenth day of the first month, (Ex. 12; Deut.
16) which would fall occasionally upon the
Sabbath. The prohibition of fires upon the Sabbath
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